If my productivity has taken a hit this week, it’s because I’ve been distracted by the unfolding– or unraveling– story of Jack Ryan, the first Tom Clancy character to run for Senate.

No, wait, this is a different Ryan. Anyway, he’s running for Senate in Illinois, and it was recently revealed that he tried to get his wife (actress Jeri Ryan, who played a Borg in one of the “Star Trek” series) to join him at various erotically-themed nightclubs. This is the same campaign that hired someone to stalk his opponent, Barack Obama.